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Offline SunTracker

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« on: January 20, 2005, 03:30:48 AM »
Ok, heres the hypothetical situation.  The U.S., after being mistreated by Europe and Asia, decides to destroy its enemies (the entire world).  Before laughing too hard, lets look at the facts

(1)  The U.S. has 3 methods of nuclear weapons delivery:  Subs, land based missles, and air dropped bombs

(2)The U.S. has the best tanks and aircraft.  The best Europe and Asia could hope to do would be to match the technology the U.S. has.

(3) The U.S. is isolated from the rest of the world.  To the North and South are friendly, non-military countries.  East and West are 2000 miles of ocean.

(4) Nuclear missle shield.

The only country that could launch nuclear missles against the United States would be Russia.  The efficency of these weapons would be greatly reduced due to the missle shield and the fact that Russia is in bad economic shape.

Realistically, if 'collateral damage' wasnt an issue, the U.S. could roll through Europe with ease.  Asia might be a bit more difficult due to terrain issues.  But with the largest airforce in the world, troops, tanks, and nuclear weapons could be anywhere needed within a matter of hours.

As for the troops, if the U.S. annexed Mexico, it would have more than enough soldiers.
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Offline Gh0stFT

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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2005, 03:40:25 AM »
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...the U.S. could roll through Europe with ease.


like in Iraq? *g*
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Offline beet1e

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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2005, 03:55:32 AM »
Well ST, for someone who's never been a passenger on a jet airliner, you sure seem to have a colourful view of the rest of the world.
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Offline Saintaw

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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2005, 03:57:30 AM »
The mighty army of Luxembourg would crush you with ease. No question there!
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2005, 04:07:08 AM »
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The only country that could launch nuclear missles against the United States would be Russia.  


Incorrect.
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2005, 04:08:27 AM »
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Offline beet1e

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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2005, 04:10:04 AM »
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The mighty army of Luxembourg would crush you with ease. No question there!
Yep - same thing for Viet Nam - look what happened last time.
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Offline Spooky

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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2005, 04:12:07 AM »
France can retaliate with enough nukes to cause at least 50 million casualties.

to any country on the planet.


Same with Britain.

Israel has no intercontinental nukes , but could turn most capitals within a few thousands kms into glassy parking lots.

Russia has still enough fangs to cause massive damage anywhere.

India and Pakistan have probably some limited nuke capacity too

You forgot CHINA :  major nuclear power (300+ nukes 20 years ago, who knows how many now !!), and I would not expect them to be subtle about it if push ever comes to shove!
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Offline Gixer

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« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2005, 04:18:22 AM »
LMAO

Is there a point to this post?



...-Gixer
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Offline CyranoAH

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« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2005, 04:19:03 AM »
You are forgetting something: we talk nukes, we talk armageddon. Period.

BTW: North and South of the US of A are non-military countries (which probably would stay neutral), and also the largest and most poorly defended borders in the world (my guess). Wanna bet how many operatives can go through with portable nukes in the event of a full-scale confrontation?

Now let me see if I can get this hook off my mouth.

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Offline SOB

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« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2005, 04:21:12 AM »
If this thread were a person, it would be Mike Tyson.

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Offline SunTracker

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« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2005, 04:23:59 AM »
The U.S. will turn any country with nuclear capability into glass.  Also, how are other countries going to smuggle nuclear weapons into the U.S.?  The U.S. has the biggest Navy in the world.

In my situation, U.S. has the first strike.  How can a country launch missles when launch facilities and its government are dead?
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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2005, 04:25:55 AM »
As far as the missile shield, it has:

a.   No proven capability

b.   No operational capability

c.   I'm too tired to write up another university thesis on this - but teaching physics dealing with nuclear weapons, war and arms control - trust me - it doesn't work.

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« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2005, 04:26:00 AM »
SunTracker how bout you jump on that jet airliner for the first time and go see some of the world, you need the education badly...
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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2005, 04:27:11 AM »
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In my situation, U.S. has the first strike.  How can a country launch missles when launch facilities and its government are dead?


Because launch can be detected and retaliation can be started before impact.

They will certainly blow but not before retaliatory launch.
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